George W. Bush: “This Government needs to support what's happening in order to save lives, and we will.”

seldom has history offered a greater opportunity to do so much for so many.

You've showed the great strength of America through your work—and that is your good heart.

We learned that bravery is more common than we imagined, emerging with sudden splendor in the face of death.

History will remember him as among the finest public servants of his generation – a patriot who brought integrity, high intelligence, and seriousness of purpose to every position.